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HSIA) DYNASTY\u000b(ca. 2070-ca. 1600 BCE)\nChina’s first dynasty\nFounded by Yu\nBuilt roads and irrigation projects\nShang Dynasty\u000b(ca. 1600-1046 BCE)\nWriting began\nDeveloped bronze, glazed pottery, and silk industries\nZhou (a.k.a. Chou) Dynasty\u000b(1045-256 BCE)\nInvaded China from the northwest\nSet up a loose central government\nFeudal power held by strong nobles\nPhilosophers\nConfucius\nMencius (his follower)\nQin (a.k.a. Chin) Dynasty\u000b(221-206 BCE)\nMilitary dictatorship centralized China\nEmperor Shih Huang Ti\nDestroyed nobles’ feudal power\nSystem of taxation\nEstablished weights and measures\nGreat Wall (1500 miles)\nHan Dynasty\u000b(206-220 CE)\nConquerors\nEmpire – central Asia to China Sea, Indochina to Korea\nTrade\nChinese fruits, silks, and spices in Rome (1st century CE)\nBuddhism came from India\nCivil service system\nFirst paper made\nTang Dynasty\u000b(618-906 CE)\n400 years of warfare between Han and Tang dynasties\nTang reunited China\nT’ai Tsung\nEmperor in 627 CE\nEducation and government reforms\nExtended boundaries\nAlliances and peace treaties with neighbors\nIndustry and trade\nJade porcelain, and silks to Arabia, India, Japan, and Persia\nSong (a.k.a. Sung) Dynasty\u000b(960-1279)\nDisorder between Tang and Sung dynasties\nCulture superior to that of medieval Europe\nPowerful only in southern China\nMongol Rule\u000b(1259-1368)\nCentral Asian nomads\nGenghis Khan\nConquered Asia, including China\nKublai Khan\nGrandson of Genghis\nVisited by Marco Polo (Venetian)\nRuled for circa 100 years\nCapital – Peking (Beijing)\nTrade with Europe begun\nMing Dynasty\u000b(1368-1644)\nOverthrew Mongols\nChinese natives\nBeautified Peking (Beijing)\nEncouraged trade with Europe\nGave Europeans:\nGunpowder\nJade\nPlaying cards\nPorcelain\nSilk\nTea\nQing Dynasty (Manchu Rule)\u000b(1644-1912)\nManchurians conquered China, Indochina, Korea, Mongolia, Tibet, eastern Turkestan\nChina prospered\nWestern pressure brought about Manchu overthrow in 1912\nEnded with birth of Chinese Republic\nPhilosophy and Religion\nLate Zhou (Chou) period (1100-256 BCE)\nSuffering produced influential philosophers\nLao-Tse (6th century BCE)\nMen should be left alone to work out their own lives with the fewest possible laws of government\nMen should make their own lives simple and desire nothing, but should submit to all that comes in life\nTaoism\nConfucius\u000b(551-479 BCE)\nConsidered China’s greatest philosopher\nEthics – correct way to live\nHuman nature – good\nMen should be kind, tolerant, and love their elders and ancestors (filial piety)\nGolden rule: “Do not do to others what you would not have others do to you.”\nAnalects\nConfucianism – code of behavior and religion\nEducation, good manners, right morals, respect for others, love of tradition, obedience to one’s parents\nCulture\nLiterature, poetry, history, philosophy\nTang dynasty – poet Li Po\nPrinting invented – books produced cheaply in great numbers\nPaper – 1st century BCE\n“China” or “China","cbCaiedTETLY4F9a","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiedTETLY4F9a","ppt",580096,18,"English","# Geography of China\n## Climate and regions\n## Key rivers and landscape\n# Ancient History\n## Early settlements and technologies\n# Dynastic Cycle\n## Mandate of Heaven\n# Major Dynasties\n## Xia to Qing\n# Philosophy and Religion\n## Lao-Tse and Taoism\n## Confucius and Confucianism\n# Culture, Literature, and Science","[{\"question\":\"What is the dynastic cycle described in the document?\",\"answer\":\"It explains how an emperor comes to power and gains the Mandate of Heaven, rises to a peak through growing wealth and population, then declines due to disasters and corruption. 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